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The results showed that Viking identity didn’t always equate to Scandinavian ancestry. Just before the Viking Age (around 750 to 1050 A.D.), for instance, people from Southern and Eastern...
- Vikings Constituted A Cultural and Not A Genetic Or Ethnic Group
- Not All Vikings Were Scandinavian to Begin with
- Human Migrations and Population Exchange Over A Millennia
- The Vikings Didn’T Leave Written Records
Many Vikings did come from the Scandinavian countries—Sweden, Denmark, and Norway. They were a Norse people whose legacy is evident in Scandinavian culture today. However, this does not necessarily mean that all Scandinavians descended from Vikings. The terms Norse and Viking were not synonymous, even in their day. That is because while Vikings ori...
Many Vikings originated from Sweden, Denmark, and Norway. They were also distinctly marked by Norse culture. The Viking’s pagan religion and social structures were Norse, as was the technological know-how key to their prowess—especially the swift, low-hulled longboats. However, the Vikings soon established relations with many other people in the pl...
By the end of the Viking Age, in the 11th century, the descendants of Vikings were already spread far and wide across Asia and Europe. Moreover, these populations weren’t ethnically or genetically identical, to begin with. However, human migrations and the exchange of genetic material between various populations over the next thousand years have on...
A final factor that makes it hard to trace ancestry with precision is that the Vikings did not leave written records. They were a primarily oral culture. What little we know about them is from the accounts of their opponents. The only extant texts of Norse culture are their epic poems, which are mythological and were only put down many centuries af...
Jan 10, 2018 · Beate Kjørslevik. Ancient DNA sheds light on the mysterious origins of the first Scandinavians. Published: January 10, 2018 5:19am EST. Tracking the migration of humans isn’t easy, but genetics...
- Jan Apel
Sep 16, 2020 · The researchers also examined present-day populations to see how much of their ancestry is similar to those from the Viking Age. Within Scandinavia the present-day populations for the most part do resemble their Viking counterparts, except for Sweden – the Vikings are present at only 15–30% within that country today.
Jan 10, 2023 · British and Irish ancestry was present across Scandinavia at the time, while eastern Baltic ancestry was contained in central Sweden and Gotland, a Swedish island in the Baltic Sea. Southern...
- Will Sullivan
Sep 16, 2020 · “A lot of the Vikings are mixed individuals” with ancestry from both Southern Europe and Scandinavia, for example, or even a mix of Sami (Indigenous Scandinavian) and European ancestry.
Sep 16, 2020 · Viking identity was not limited to people with Scandinavian genetic ancestry. The study shows the genetic history of Scandinavia was influenced by foreign genes from Asia and Southern Europe ...
